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Let Q^(+) be the set of all positive rat...

Let `Q^(+)` be the set of all positive rational numbers
(i) show theat the operation * on `Q^(+)` defined by a* b =`1/2`(a+b) is binary operation
(ii) show that * is commutative
(iii) show that * is not associative

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